A New York Times reporter must testify in an emotional distress case regarding an interview he conducted with the defendant, the Riverside Church’s controversial leader, the Rev. James A. Forbes Jr., a Manhattan judge has ruled.
Reporter Daniel Wakin waived any exemption he may have enjoyed under New York’s Shield Law when he “voluntarily informed plaintiff of the specific information” he had heard while interviewing Forbes, Supreme Court Justice Walter B. Tolub held in Guice-Mills v. Forbes, 124635/02.
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